30 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Tabarie to Saladin ; written in England, about a.d. 1400, and 

 bearing in the illuminated borders the arms of Henry Spencer, 

 Bishop of Norwich (1370-1406) ; vellum. 



" The Parliament of the Three Ages," an allegorical poem 

 (imperfect) in alliterative verse, the personages being Age, 

 Middle-eld, and Youth ; 15th century. 



Epitome in Latin verse of the Summa of S. Raymond de 

 Pennaforti, with a tract on canon-law, etc. ; loth century. 

 Presented by Professor George Stejjhens, of Copenhagen. 



St. Patrick's Purgatory, the Mirror of the Church of St. 

 Edmund of Pontigny, a collection of tales by John Hoveden, 

 and other Latin tracts ; 15th century; vellum. 



A collection of Medical Treatises, in Latin, including the 

 " Rosula Medicinal " of John de Gatesdene, with recipes' and 

 charms in English; 15th century; vellum. 



A Medical Miscellany of translations and extracts from 

 various authors, apparently compiled for one Master William 

 Somers ; 15th century. 



Two Short Tales in Irish, with a fragment of the Irish ver- 

 sion of Sir John Mandeville's Travels and other pieces; 15th 

 century ; vellum. 



A Calendar, in Latin, of Dominican use, written and illumi- 

 nated in France in the 14th century, and having obits inserted 

 of kings and nobles of Scotland down to 1415 ; belonging in 

 1549 to a hospital at Aberdeen ; vellum. 



Book of Hours, in Latin; beautifully written and illumi- 

 nated by an Italian artist late in the 15th century, apparently 

 for a lady named Esmeralda, living in or near Perugia ; 

 vellum. 



Drawings of military engines, and of machines and imple- 

 ments of all kinds, following Francesco di Giorgio Martini of 

 Siena, with tracts and notes, in Italian, on hydrostatics, 

 Greek fire, the use of pontoons and battering-rams, etc. ; 

 early 16th century. 



Drawings of Egyptian, Etruscan, and Roman antiquities, by 

 Edward Dodwell, f.s.a. ; circa 1825-1827. Four volumes. 



" Notes and Views in Egypt and Nubia," by Edw. Will. Lane, 

 1825 — 1828, being the original MS. of his unpublished "Descrip- 

 tion of Egypt." Three volumes of te^st and six of drawings, 

 the latter being chiefly made by the help of the camera lucida, 

 and remarkable for their extreme delicacy and finish. 



Catalogue of the " Towneleian Marbles," or antiquities 

 collected by Charles Towneley ; circa 1805. Presented by 

 Spencer George Perceval, Esq. 



Bond, in Latin, of the Mayor of Plymouth to observe the 

 treaty of commerce lately concluded between Henry VII. 

 and Philip, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, 24th 

 March, 1495 [6] ; vellum ; with fine impressions of the seals of 

 the borough and mayor. 



Books of Returns made by the Major Generals and their 

 deputies of suspected persons in the several military districts, 



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